Perhaps the offended tortoise knew that he'd have a hard time catching up with the fleshy creatures who had disturbed his sexy time, but that didn't keep him from trying.

"I assumed that he would get close and then back off once he realized that he was up against two wonderful specimens at the top of the food chain," writes Rose. "But there was absolutely no stopping him - he got close, very close, close enough that his snorting and spitting plus the look in his enraged eyes above his snapping powerful beak made us retreat in a panic."

Footage from the incident shows the unrelenting animal giving chase, spurring the film crew into slow retreat for breaking bro code. Although he never was able to deliver the painful nip he might have been hoping for, the tortoise's message was still received loud and clear by Rose: